Introduction to Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at the age of 25 on one of the last days of the First World War, having acted heroically…
Poetry
What is Literature?
John Sutherland’s ‘Little History’ tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of…
Asymptote Journal interviews Can Xue: Author of ‘Five Spice Street’
Can Xue, meaning ‘dirty snow, leftover snow’, is the pseudonym of Deng Xiaohua, author of many novels and short works of fiction in Chinese….
An Animated World: Interview with Poet Arda Collins
Arda Collins is the 2008 winner of the annual ‘Yale Series of Younger Poets’ competition. Mesmerizing and electric, her volume It Is Daylight reads…
Author Interview: Sue Prideaux on August Strindberg and his Enduring Significance
Novelist, satirist, poet, photographer, painter, alchemist and hellraiser – August Strindberg was all these, and yet he is principally known, in Arthur Miller’s words,…
Translating the Poetry of Kabbalah: Author interview with Peter Cole
Peter Cole’s brand new work of translation, The Poetry of Kabbalah, is the first every English-language collection of poems from the Kabbalistic tradition. In the exclusive author…
Writing the Biography of a Genius: Extract from ‘Joseph Brodsky, A Literary Life’ by Lev Loseff
Joseph Brodsky: A Literary Life (out now in paperback) is an intimate, penetrating study of the great Russian poet’s life and work, written by…
Will Schutt wins the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2012
Will Schutt has been awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2012. Schutt’s volume Westerly will be published in Yale’s pioneering Younger Poets series next…
A Tribute to Adonis: Award-winning Syrian poet visits the UK for exhibition and literary events
Adonis, the Goethe prize-winning Syrian poet who was widely tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011, is visiting the UK for a series…
Yale University Press London launches its Spring / Summer 2012 Seasonal Catalogue
Yale’s Spring / Summer seasonal catalogue is now available now to order and download. Today we take a quick look at some of the…
Patti Smith’s ‘Camera Solo’: New book showcases the Godmother of Punk’s photographic work
Patti Smith: Camera Solo is an exquisite new book that features a captivating selection of black and white photographs by songwriting icon Patti Smith,…
The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: Reconstructing a masterpiece of Iranian literature and art
This month sees the publication of an exciting new Metropolitan Museum of Art publication, which reproduces for the first time all 258 pages from…
From America to Syria: Award-winning international poetry from Yale University Press
Today we take a look at some of Yale University Press’s critically acclaimed and award-winning poets. We also look at two important series of…
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